Alright if you'd like to follow
along I'm gonna be in Psalms number 91 the 91st Psalm I Want to begin reading in verse
14 Because he has set his love upon
me Therefore will I deliver him I will set him on high because
he hath known my name. He shall call upon me and I will
answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor
him. With long life will I satisfy
him and show him my salvation. All right. Got a quote here from
Charles Spurgeon that I thought was pretty good. The law is for
the self-righteous to humble their pride. The gospel is for
the lost to remove their despair. That's pretty good, that's pretty
good. Because here it is, this is what the world doesn't understand,
what most people who like the law don't understand. It takes
the power of God to make the self-righteous know that they
are lost. There is no grace without Jesus
Christ. There is no salvation without
grace. There is no mercy without grace,
and all of God's grace in Jesus Christ And he came to save sinners
Now here in Psalms 91 we have a messianic psalm Now I looked
at some commentators And they speak of this psalm as God speaking
to believers Indirectly at best This is a
psalm about the Son of God who was to come. And this is a psalm,
and this is my title, God's Promises to Christ. God's Promises to
Christ. Because this is a psalm of the
promises of the Father to the Son, Jesus Christ. And I'll just
be plain about that. Well, Look at verse one, just,
he that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall
abide under the shadow of the Almighty. There's only one person
that's ever been in the secret places, what? Of the Most High. That's Jesus Christ. He was with
the Father from the beginning. That's what
it says, from the beginning. And it goes on throughout this,
but I'm just starting in verse 14 because I've got to limit
it somehow. But there's a lot here in this psalm. But it starts
with this, because he has set his love upon me. This is God speaking. I don't
know who wrote this psalm. It doesn't say, nobody knows,
and I'm going to tell you this, it doesn't matter because it's
true. It's true. It's the word of God. But here
it is, because he has said his love upon me. Now, I can tell
you this for certain. This is not God speaking about
you. This is not God speaking about
me or any other person that has ever lived except one, only one. Because let's be very clear,
neither you nor I nor any other man or woman alive except one
has set their love upon God. We won't do it. Not as we are
naturally born, we will not do it. The one man did, Christ Jesus
the Lord. He's the only one who set his
love upon God freely, freely. You know how I can say that?
because no man knows God unless Christ has revealed it to him.
No man knows the Father. I'm gonna quote that a little
later on, too, as a matter of fact. No one has set their love
upon God except Jesus Christ. Now, I will say this. Believers
do love God. Believers do love Christ. And
believers love the brethren. That was his commandment to us.
Believe me and love your brethren. That was his commandment from
Christ. But here's the thing, God set his love upon his only
begotten well-beloved son, Jesus, the God-man, the Messiah, the
Christ, and he set his love upon the Father. He's the only one
who could do that. The only one capable of doing
that. No one else is capable. What
does it say? Jesus Christ set his love upon
us. The Father chose us in the Beloved,
in the Son, in love, in love. And Jesus Christ loves God with
all his heart, all his mind, all his soul, and all his strength.
Now we love Christ, we love God, and we love his people, but that
is only because he first loved us. I'm sorry, that's just the
way it is. The love of God is not in the
natural man. And let's be perfectly honest,
even as a believer, the love of God's not in your flesh. In
your flesh dwelleth no good thing. And the love of God is good.
The love of God is great. The love of God is wondrous.
But it's not in the natural man. It's a spiritual thing, given
to us by God's Holy Spirit. But Jesus Christ set his love
upon the father, and the father loves the son. Because he has
set his love upon me, and it says this, therefore will I deliver
him. I will deliver him. Flat statement,
flat statement. But I had to look at this in
a couple of different ways. First of all, we can understand
according to the scriptures While our Lord Jesus Christ was on
this earth, during his ministry, preaching the absolute truth
of God, not one word misspoken, no guile in his mouth, no deception,
every word he spoke was true, they repeatedly tried to kill
him. It's in the scriptures, it's
in the gospel, you can look it up. I won't go into it in too
much detail, But they tried to kill him several times. And every
time except the last time, he walked out of the midst. He was
unharmed. God said it. Because he set his
love on me, I'll deliver him. I will deliver him. And he was
delivered by God those times, what? Because. My hour hath not
yet come. Now, this is the other thought
of therefore will I deliver him because when it was his hour,
when it came to that hour, Peter put it this way. Acts two and
verse 23, him being delivered By the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain him. Slain. Yes, Jesus Christ was
delivered by God into wicked hands. You think about it. He was delivered
from wicked hands while he was doing his ministry, and then
he was delivered unto wicked hands. Because they'd been trying
to kill him for three years, or three and a half years. Oh,
that's the thing. Both of these are true, and both
of these are right. Because he said it, for this
hour came I into this world. for this express purpose of God. And what's it? Him being delivered. And that's what the Psalm says.
Therefore I will deliver him. He delivered him from those people
that tried to stone him, and he delivered him into the hands
that wanted to crucify him. Oh my. How's this possible? Well, Isaiah 53 10 says it this
way. Yet it pleased the Lord, to bruise
him. To bruise him. He hath put him
to grief. When thou shalt make his soul
an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall see his
seed. He shall prolong his days and
the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. God delivered
him to be bruised. And to be put to grief. He grieved. He shall see his seed. I like
that part. He was delivered to wicked hands
for a purpose. The purpose of God. The purpose
of the Father's will. For this hour came I into this
world. What? To be bruised and to be
put to grief. To be crucified and slain. Oh, I don't know. I still remember
David told me years ago, David McCollum, that I can't remember
his name now, it saved my neck. Some idiot TV preacher said,
if I'd have been there, I'd have stopped that crucifixion. Oh
no, you wouldn't. And if you tried, you'd be dead.
Because you understand, this was by the determinate counsel
and foreknowledge of God, and for this hour, Christ came into
the world. God delivered him to wicked hands.
Oh, he did. Oh, and you by wicked hands have
crucified and slain. The Lord of glory, the one perfect
man on this earth. He was numbered with the malefactors. I still like that word, malefactors.
He had one thief on one hand, another thief on the other hand
when he was crucified. He was up there with two criminals,
and they were treating him just like he was a criminal. He'd
already been beaten, he'd already been scourged, and they nailed
his hands to that tree, to that cross member. For this cause, this hour, came
I into the world. Oh, my. Oh, without his sacrifice,
we have nothing. We have absolutely nothing. We
have death. We already had death before.
Oh, but now, but now, by his offering, what? When thou shalt
make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. Oh, I like that. He shall prolong
his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his
hand. What did he say? Therefore, what? Will I deliver him. God delivered him to be bruised
and put to grief. He was delivered to wicked hands
for a purpose. They bruised and killed the son. And here's the thing, they meant
it for evil, but God meant it for good. That don't make it
any less evil. Doesn't make it a bit less evil,
but God meant it for good. God meant it for good. God delivered
him, what? To prolong his days and to prosper. Wow, I like that. The pleasure
of the Lord shall prosper in his nail-pierced hand. Oh my. What's it say? We sang it last
week. God moves in mysterious ways. What? His wonders to perform. Oh, I like that. God delivered
him, and then it says this. I will set him on high, on high. Oh, I like that too. Because
he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him.
I will set him on high. Even more than delivering. I'll
deliver him. Will I? I will. Will I deliver
him? I will deliver him. I'll set
him on high, though. Even more than delivering, I'm
gonna set him on high, Acts 2 and 24. After that one, we just read,
that one that you crucified and slain by wicked hands, what's
he say? Whom God hath raised up. whom God has raised up, having
loosed the pains of death because it was not possible that he should
beholden of it. Oh, I like that. I'll set him
on high. The father delivered him to wicked
hands and then raised him up. Raised him up. Oh, I like that. You know why he raised him up?
Because while he was up there hanging, he said these three
words. is finished. And it was. And it still is. And it ever
shall be. Christ said it. It's true whether
anybody believes it or not. Thank God I believe it. But it
doesn't matter on my belief. It's still finished. It's finished. Oh, the Father delivered him.
and God raised him up because it was not possible that death
could hold who? The king of glory. Oh, death
couldn't hold the king of kings and the lord of lords. It's not
possible. Death cannot hold life. And Jesus Christ is the way,
the truth, and the life. He had life in and of himself
and death couldn't hold him. Oh. The only reason death got a hold
of him was he willingly laid down his life for the sheep. Not for the goats, not for the
cows, not for the camels. For his sheep, for his sheep.
Oh, I like that. The father delivered him and
God raised him up. And only that, not only that,
excuse me, God set him on high. God set him on high. Jesus ascended
after his resurrection and when his time and when his work was
done with the disciples after being raised from the dead, they
saw him, they talked with him, he ate fish with them on the
side of the sea after they caught him. Oh, I like that. But after
that, when he was done, it says, Hebrews 1 and 3 says this, who
being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his
person, talking about God, upholding all things by the word of his
power, when he had, past tense, by himself, no help from us,
purged our sins. What'd he do? He sat down. Where? On the right hand of the
majesty on high. I will set him on high. I will
set him on high. I did read a little bit of what
John Gill said about that. He said we're set on high in
Christ, which is true. We're in Christ and he's on high,
but that's not the point here. The point here is God says I'm
gonna set him on high. Why? Because he had what? Set his love upon me, therefore
I'll deliver him. And that was deliver him to life
and deliver him to death and raise him from the dead. I'll
set him on high. Oh, I like that. And he sat down
on the right hand of the majesty on high. Believers are in Christ. And it is he, though, that is
high and lifted up. Oh, I like that. Jesus Christ
is high and lifted up. He is set on high, seated at
the right hand of the Father. I will set him on high. And you
know what? He still is. He still is. Oh, I like that. He ever liveth
to make intercession for us, for us. I'll set him on high,
and here it is, it says this, because he has known my name. Because he has known my name.
I'm gonna tell you something, Jesus Christ knows the Father
like we never will. And I'm talking about in hereafter,
you understand? Now I hope, I believe, I'm not
gonna be as dumb up there as I am down here. And I shall know
as I am known, but still, The father and the son have a relationship
that we can't touch. The son knows the father in ways
we never will. Oh my. We'll know him better. Right now we're looking through
a glass darkly. You're kind of peeking and looking
and we go through this book and we try to find out what God is
saying to us at any particular time. But then it says we're
going to see face to face. And we're going to see more.
And we're going to know more. And I'm hoping to goodness this
brain is going to work more, work better. I'd be happy with
that. Oh, I like that. What does he say? Because he
has known my name, because he has known God's honor, authority,
and character, Jesus Christ called him father while he was on this
earth. I come to do who? My father's
will. I come to do my father's will.
Oh, I like that too. Jesus Christ knew the father. Now, Luke 10 and verse 22 says this.
All things, this is Christ speaking, all things are delivered to me
of my father, my father. And no man knoweth who the son
is but the father, but the father. And who the father is, but the
son. Ah, but here it is, he didn't
leave us out. He didn't leave us out, there's more. And he
to whom the son will reveal him. You understand, it's not that
the father is hid from us, it's just that we're too blind to
see. The problem's not with God. You understand, the problem's
never with the light, with Jesus Christ. The problem is our eyes
are blind. Or we put blinders on them. There
are people who willingly limit their scope. They don't read,
they don't study, they don't come and hear the gospel preached.
And they wonder why they don't grow in grace and knowledge of
the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, anyway, because he has
known my name, I like that. Because he has known my name,
Jesus Christ knows the Father and who the Father is and Jesus
Christ reveals the Father to those that the Father gave to
him. I like that. And I can tell you
this, no man knows either the Father or the Son. No man truly knows God except
by revelation. And that's what it says. Actually,
that's what Christ said. Christ said. I had to turn to
it because I didn't mark it. I didn't write it down. And I
didn't want to misread it. There it is. When Jesus came
to the coast of Caesarea Philippi. This is Matthew 16 and verse
13. He asked his disciples, saying, whom do men say that I, the Son
of Man, am? And they said, some say that
thou art John the Baptist, which seems kind of strange because
John the Baptist was around, but anyway. Some, Elias, and
the others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. He saith unto
them, but whom say ye that I am? Talking to his disciples. Simon
Peter answered Simon Peter answered and said thou art the Christ
the son of the living God and Jesus answered and said unto
him Blessed art thou Simon Barjona for flesh and blood hath not
revealed it unto thee But my father which is in heaven
understand The natural man understands not
the things of the Spirit of God And I'm gonna tell you this knowledge
of Jesus Christ is of the Spirit of God It's not natural It's
not natural neither can he know them for they are spiritually
and spiritually understood. Neither can he know them. The
natural man cannot. What's it say? No man knoweth
who the Son, but the Father, and who the Father is but the
Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. And Jesus Christ
is revealing himself to those that the Father gave to him.
He's revealing himself to his sheep. He's calling them by name. And they follow. They follow. You know why? Because they'll
hear. When Jesus Christ speaks to you,
you will hear. I guarantee it. I don't have
to guarantee it, the Bible does. Christ does. Oh, no man knows
the son except it be given unto him by the father. The son knows
the father, and the father knows the son. That's the thing. The
father knows the son, and the son knows the father. What's,
because he has known my name. I like that. Then verse 15. He shall call upon me, and I
will answer him. Now you understand, most people
don't think that's strength. Well, God answers all prayers. No, he doesn't. No, he doesn't. You know, the Israelites were
in Egypt for about 400 years. He didn't answer their prayers
for 400 years. And then when he did answer their
prayers, they didn't like it. Oh, that's the other part people
want to leave out. You understand? Sometimes the
answer is no. for a good reason. Sometimes, y'all might not believe
this folks, sometimes we ask amiss is the way the scripture
says it. Ye ask amiss. What's that mean? You ask for the wrong thing.
You ask for it at the wrong time and you ask for the wrong thing.
And God says no. Understand Paul, the apostle
to the Gentiles, said he had a thorn in his flesh. Nobody
knows what it is, and it doesn't really matter what it is. All
we know is it was a problem in Paul's flesh, and he didn't like
it. Three times he said he prayed.
Three times. And God said, no, no, and my
grace is sufficient for thee, which is a nice way of saying
no. because his grace is sufficient. But no, you're not getting rid
of that thorn in the front. Sometimes God says no. But here it says,
he shall call upon me and I'll answer him. Because I'm gonna
tell you this, Jesus Christ never, no never, no never asked amiss. Oh, you know, he was as perfect
in his prayers as he was in everything else. the son never asked amiss
of the father. Oh, he calls me father, and I
hear him, and I'll answer him. Oh, I like that. And I'm gonna
tell you something, every answer of the father to the son, Jesus
Christ, is this, yay and amen. That's the answer, because Jesus
Christ never asked amiss. And every answer, what? of the son to the father is that
I came to do my father's will. Oh, I like that. The will of
him that sent me here. Jesus Christ was here on purpose,
for a purpose, and he accomplished all of God's purposes that he
wanted him to accomplish while he was here. Oh, what does it
say? John 8, 47, this is Christ speaking. He that is of God heareth God's
words. So what about those who don't?
Well, wait a minute, he said something about that. Ye therefore
hear them not because ye are not of God. Man, that's a downer. No, you
don't hear God because you're not of God. If you are of God,
you'll hear God. And if you're of God, you'll
hear the Son. And this is what the Son said.
The question is, do you believe it? Do you believe Him when He
says what you like and when He says what you don't like? I remember
reading John 6 the very first time I told you all about this.
Man, that threw me for a loop. No man can come unto me except
to be given to him unto the Father, by the Father. What? That means God has to do something
for you before you'll come to him. Before you can come to the
Son. You can't approach Jesus without
God. Man, that disturbed me. And I
went and asked some folks who knew some Bible, and I asked
them about it, and they told me, bless their hearts, mean
things, what did it say? What's the book say? And I went
back, and I looked at it, and it still said that. It still
said it, Jack, it's still there. Matter of fact, I could turn
to it right now and read it to you. And I thought, well, that's what
it says. That's got to be what it means.
And I went on. And you know what? Read a little
further on John 6. He said it again. And I said,
ah, you're not going to catch me this time. I already settled
this question. I believe it. I don't get it. I never heard
it before in my life. But that's what it says. And
then he said it again. And you know what? It's still true the
second time. It's still true. Now, oh, I'm telling you. He shall call upon me, and I
will answer him. Because Jesus calls upon the
Father, and the Father answers, and here's the thing, he that
hath ears to hear, let him hear. Because those without ears to
hear are not going to hear. What's he say? He shall call
upon me and I'll answer him. I will be, actually it says,
I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor
him. Oh, I like that. Christ said
it. Do you understand? Christ said
it. He said I'll be with him in trouble, I will deliver him.
Christ said it, I and my father are one. Oh, I like that. Every answer
of the father to the son is yay and amen. I and my father are one. I came
to do the father's will, the will of him that sent me. And then he said this, I and
my father are one, and you remember what happened after Jesus said
this. Right after he said this, what does it say? Then the Jews
took up stones. Again. to stone him, not the
first time even. I don't know, second or third,
whatever, doesn't matter. Then the Jews took up stones
again to stone him. Verse 39 tells us, therefore
they sought again to take him, but he escaped out of their hand.
You understand, I will be with him in trouble and I'll deliver. I will deliver. Oh, I like that.
I will deliver him, the son. Oh, I like that. More than once they tried to
kill him. And then one time they were successful because he laid
down his life. And then he was raised up. I
will deliver him. I will deliver him. And then
it says this, and honor him, honor him. Oh, I like that. What? God has highly exalted
him. It's Philippians 2 and verse 9. It
says, wherefore also God hath highly exalted him, and given
him a name which is above every name. I will honor him, I will honor
him. So what's with this name that's
above every name? Verse 10 of Philippians chapter
two. That, at the name of Jesus, every
knee should bow, here you go, of things in heaven and things
in earth and things under the earth. Folks, That's everywhere. Above the earth and heaven, there's
on the earth, and then there's under the earth. That's everything.
But the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of things in
heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, is Lord. What? To the glory of God the Father. Oh my. I will honor him. I will honor him. Oh, I like
that. The Son, the Father above all
honors the Son. And the Son above all honors
the Father. Oh, I like that. At the name
of the Son, every knee should bow. What's that mean? Submit.
Submit. You bow on the knee. Understand? Bow the knee. Psalms put it this
way. Kiss the son. Lest he be angry. Oh, lest he be angry. And what?
And you perish. You perish in the way. Oh my. Blessed are all they that
put their trust in him, the son. Kiss the son, lest he be angry,
because the father honors the son. And because of that, everyone
else is going to honor the son, either willingly or unwillingly. They're going to honor the son.
Every knee shall bow. I believe that. The father honors
the son. Hebrews 1 and 5 says this, for
unto which of the angels said he at any time, thou art my son,
this day have I begotten thee. And again, I will be to him a
father, and he shall be to me a son. Oh, I like that. And then in Psalms 2. Oh, the kings of the earth set
themselves, where? against the Lord. Against the
Lord. That's where the kings of the
earth set themselves. Listen, I'm gonna tell you something
right now. This happens from time to time. Well, let's put
it more clearly. This happens all the time. It
happens all the time. The kings of the earth set themselves
against the Lord. What did he do? Then he that
sitteth in the heavens Shall laugh. Shall laugh. You guys are funny. You guys
think you're really big stuff. You don't know how pitiful you
are, the kings of the earth. He's the one that made the universe.
He made all the worlds. He made the stars, the sun, the
moon. He set everything in its orbit.
And so nothing collides unless he wants it to collide. I don't
know, he may even have made black holes to act like a vacuum cleaner
out there. I don't know, don't care. You
understand? That's fine. Whether he made
black holes, whether there's black holes or not, it doesn't
matter. He's the only one that matters.
Kiss the sun, lest he be angry, and ye perish. Ye perish, what
did he say? He laughs, matter of fact, he
laughs in derision. He laughs in derision of these
kings. Oh, well it says, all glory, all honor be to the
Son of God, Jesus Christ. What? The Lord. The Lord. Because every knee's gonna bow,
every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. All powerful. He's given me power over all
flesh, that I should give eternal life to as many as he gave to
me. Ah, I like that. I like that.
Verse 16 of Psalms 91. With long life
will I satisfy him and show him my salvation. Isaiah 53 11. He shall see the travail of his
soul. His soul. And shall be satisfied. Satisfied. By his knowledge shall
my righteous servant justify many for he shall bear their
iniquities. Now when Isaiah wrote that, it
was what, 700,000 years before Christ came. It's written in
the future. Right now, we can read it in
the past tense. And actually, we have. Because
here it is. He has seen the travail of his
soul, and he has been satisfied, and by his knowledge, my righteous
servant justify many, for he has borne their iniquities. And yes, it says many, not all. And it means many, not all. He
shall be satisfied. The Lord will satisfy him. And
no one and nothing shall stop his satisfaction. The travail
of his soul satisfies him. Oh, father and son. What? Fully and completely satisfied
with the work of Jesus Christ. Fully and completely. I will
show him my salvation. My salvation. Oh. I think I preached about that
last week. The salvation is of the Lord. What's he say? My salvation. My salvation. From beginning
to end, it's my salvation. What does he say? I'll show him
my salvation. He bore their iniquities and
justified many. He justified us. If you're a believer, you're
in that number. You're in that number. Understand,
let's pay very close attention to this psalm. There is no word
in this psalm indicating, hinting, or anything else that it takes
our acceptance, okay, to make his justification work. No. No. He did it. What? By his knowledge shall my righteous
servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities.
What is it? Stand still. and see the salvation
of the Lord. Oh, I like that. And verse 12
of Isaiah 53 says, therefore will I divide him a portion with
the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because
he hath poured out his soul unto death, and he was numbered with
the transgressors. That's the malefactors. numbered
with the transgressors, and he bare the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors. Wow. He bare the sin of many. I believe that's the same many
he justified. Oh, I like that. He bare the
sin of many, because he justified that same many. And he ever lives,
oh blessed long life, what does it say? Oh with long life will
I satisfy him and show him my salvation. Oh blessed long life,
eternal life, he lives to make intercession for us. We're the transgressors. You
understand? Christ died for the ungodly,
we're the ungodly. And if you're not ungodly, I
guess Christ didn't die for you. You better hope you're ungodly.
I hope you know it. I hope you know it, oh. Oh my,
the transgressors, that's us, folks. Those whom Jesus Christ
redeemed, justified, sanctified, and right now is calling and
bringing in unto himself. Into himself. God says it right
here in the Psalm. It's my salvation. It's my salvation. But I'm gonna show it to you.
It's in Him. He knows the salvation of the
Lord. This salvation is all in His gracious, merciful, and blessed
Son, Jesus Christ. That's where salvation is. Salvation
is a person. His salvation is given to those
whom he gave to his son. You understand? God says it's my salvation. And
you know the deeper meaning of that? It's his salvation. It's
God's salvation. He says what he means and he
means what he says. Spurgeon put it this way. If
Christ is not all to you, he is nothing to you. He will never
go into partnership as a part savior of men. If he be something,
he's everything. And if he be not everything,
he is nothing to you. That's true. That's true. Because here's the thing, it's
my salvation. God says it's my salvation. Salvation
is not a partnership, it's not an association, and even in the
new words that they got now, it's not a synergism. Ah, oh my, no, it's not a synergism
between God and men. Salvation is of the Lord. It
is my salvation, God says. I'll show it. I'll show it, but
it's still mine. I'll give it to you. I'll give
it to my people. I'll give it to those that I
chose in Christ before the foundation of the world. But listen very
closely, even though I give it to you, and it's your salvation,
it's still my salvation. It's still my salvation. God
will not share his glory. Oh, and there's glory in the
salvation of fallen, wretched, ungodly, unrighteous sinners. Oh, I see. It's his work from
start to completion. You understand, every verse in
this psalm is written in the singular, in the singular. You'll see he, I, his, thou,
thee, and thine. There's only one verse, I think
it's verse 12, where they use the word they, but that They
shall bear thee up in their hands lest thou dash thy foot against
a stone. That's the angels that are watching over him. Everything's
in the singular because this is the father making promises
to the son. Oh my, about what he's gonna
do when he comes on this earth. And you know what? Everything
it says happened. Matter of fact, Satan quoted
to Jesus, what is it? Verses 11 and 12. when he was
tempted in the wilderness. For he shall give his angels
charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear
thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a
stone. And Christ answered him, said,
don't tempt the Lord your God. These are words referring to
Jesus Christ. All of this is. Oh my, this is
a psalm of the Christ of God The Messiah, the anointed one,
the only begotten well-beloved son. Isaiah 53 one says this,
who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the
Lord revealed? Now Paul references that in Romans, I believe it
is. He's talking about the gospel. Who hath believed our report?
Who hath believed our gospel? And to whom is the arm of the
Lord revealed? Well, I'm gonna tell you something. The arm of
the Lord was revealed to whoever wrote Psalm 91. Because this
is a psalm about Christ from beginning to end. Oh my. The arm of the Lord was
revealed to this psalmist. Sinners who believe have been
received by the Father through his Son. And only through his
Son. Oh. Salvation, His salvation is a
gift to His people. It's His salvation, it's my salvation.
The question is this, do you believe Him? Do you believe Him? I'll ask you, are you weary of
this world? Are you weary of this world?
Are you heavy laden under the burden of your sin? Your sin,
personal sin. Come to Him. That's all I can
say. He'll give you rest. He will
give you rest. Take upon my yoke. Because what
is it? My yoke is easy and my burden's
light. Call upon the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ and you shall be saved. He came to save sinners. and sinners Jesus will receive. His salvation is gracious, merciful,
and glorious. As a matter of fact, he saves
to the uttermost all them that come to God by him, by him. Oh, I like that. Jesus Christ
has done, is doing, and shall do all things well. I like that. Jesus Christ, he
has done all things well. The question is, do you recognize
him? Do you recognize him? Here's
the one that can save you. It's Christ the Lord. The Father
sent him here with these promises and sent him here to perform
this work, and the Father will honor his Son. He does honor
his Son, but he will honor his Son. And if you are in his Son,
oh, indirectly, you have honor with God. It's not because of
what I am. It's not because of what you
are. It's not because of what anyone is. It's because of his
son. We are accepted in the beloved. That's Jesus Christ, the son.
Father, we're thankful again for this time and this place.
Lord, help us to see your son and his work in all you have
performed and he accomplished according to your will and how
he honors you with his life, his work, his sacrifice, his
resurrection, oh, his ascension and being seated at your right
hand. Help us, Lord, to see his hand
in our lives. Be with us, be with Walter and
Paul as they are preaching in other places, and all those who
would preach your gospel your way. Lord, thank you. In Christ's name, amen.